Science & Tech

The Military Is Already Using Facebook to Track Your Mood

The intelligence community implores you not to delete your Facebook profile. By Patrick Tucker

Science & Tech

What to Expect in This Government Report on Government Spying

Here are the questions critics hope Obama's privacy watchdogs will answer in this week's long-awaited report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. By Brendan Sasso

Science & Tech

The Military Is About to Get New Spy Glasses

The Defense Department’s new smart spectacles go beyond Google Glass. By Patrick Tucker

Policy

Feinstein Fumes After Another White House National Security Snub

Senate Intel Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein has had it with White House secrecy -- until next time. By Michael Catalini and Elahe Izadi

Science & Tech

The Government Probably Has More Photos of You Than of ISIL's Leader

The U.S. government probably has more biometric information on you than one of the most infamous terrorist masterminds alive. By Patrick Tucker

Business

The Intelligence Community Needs to Keep Better Tabs on Its Contractors

Decreasing the intelligence community's reliance on contractors could save money and cut bureaucratic inefficiencies. But first, tracking methods will have to improve. By Charles S. Clark

Science & Tech

There’s No Such Thing as ‘NSA-Proof’ Encryption

‘If they want it, they can get it,’ one expert says of the National Security Agency's expert spies. By Brandon Sasso

Science & Tech

Snowden’s Legislative Legacy: A Bill That No One Likes

Measure to protect security and privacy arguably does neither. By Patrick Tucker

Threats

Snowden: I Wasn’t a ‘Low-Level’ Employee at NSA

Edward Snowden tells a Portuguese television station that he ‘had more access than almost any other official in the intelligence community.’ By Marina Koren

Threats

The Gap Between Supply and Demand for Spy Planes Just Got Bigger

President Obama’s foreign policy speech is asking the Pentagon’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planners to do more with less. By Sam Brannen

Policy

‘Loophole-Laden’ NSA Bill Passes The House

NSA reform bill passes the lower chamber in a form that many, including its author, see as a disappointment. By Dustin Volz

Science & Tech

In the Era of Big Data, Will Big Storage Be Big Enough?

The job of securing large amounts of data will only be more daunting as computers and mobile devices continue proliferating at breakneck pace. By Frank Konkel

Policy

House Panels Race Against Each Other to Reform NSA Spying

Competing bills in the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees later this week shine light on a jurisdictional feud that could get ugly in the coming days. By Dustin Volz

Business

Intelligence Agencies Granting Fewer Security Clearances

Security clearance approvals declined for the second consecutive fiscal year, according to a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. By Eric Katz

Policy

Snowden Allies Turn Against Liberal Anti-NSA Lawmakers

In the eyes of Glenn Greenwald and Daniel Ellsberg, just about no one in Congress has clean hands. By Dustin Volz

Ideas

Transparency Can Be Bad for Liberty

The case for secrecy in a post-Snowden world. By David Frum

Threats

Snowden Asks Putin About Mass Surveillance in Russia

The NSA leaker showed up in the Russian president's annual televised Q&A session Thursday. By Matt Berman

Policy

Guardian, Washington Post Win Pulitzers for Reporting on the NSA Leaks

The Guardian and The Washington Post both win a Pulitzer for public service reporting on the NSA leaks. By Dustin Volz

Policy

Rep. King Makes His Case for House Intel Committee Chairman

The New York Republican says fighting terrorism has been his ‘obsession’ since the Sept. 11, 2001. By Stacy Kaper

Threats

NSA Reportedly Exploited Heartbleed Bug For Spying Purposes

The agency may have known for years about the security flaw that possibly affected up to two-thirds of the Internet. By Dustin Volz and Matt Berman